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Is the extreme weather guidance* helpful practical advice or too much “nanny state”?  Who calls the shots in your club? 

Do you have a potential Champion of Change* in your club?  They will need to get their skates on as applications close on July 7.  Successful candidates and their club will then find out what’s expected of them. 

What’s your transition to open age (adult) cricket performance like?  Our Quick Poll here*. 

Does it matter?  What factors are at play and how do you influence transition rates and retention*? 

When is it Facilities Friday* in England?  Or any other day of the week to celebrate investment in clubs? 

From last week:

*You should have no problem accessing the asterisked links above so long as you’re a member and logged on to LinkedIn. Not everyone realises we are a closed private LinkedIn group so only members can see your posts and comments in the Group and not your colleagues, clients or other LinkedIn connections. 

You can also click LinkedIn group page, log-in from there and scroll through all the content including these other current discussions:  

  • Club impact on county board performance
  • £3m government funding for new domes
  • Any great examples of club development resources?
  • ECB and England & Wales Cricket Trust annual accounts
  • PE and school sport
  • Support with club media and communications
  • You’re all doing very, very well
  • Women & Girls’ requirements* for Premier League clubs
  • Coping with rapidly expanding player numbers
  • Visa certificate of sponsorship problems
  • Paying people to do more of the work
  • Parallels in club cricket with messages in Will Greenwood’s Telegraph article
  • Livestreaming and Play Cricket
  • County Grant availability
  • Game On: Community and School Sport
  • ECB’s new clubs strategy
  • ECB funding settlement

Links to past discussions, sorted by theme and listed in chronological order, can also be found on the Members’ Portal along with a treasure trove of club development resources, signposted information and sources of support including webinar recordings and club admin product reviews. 

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